Overworked

Maddie’s P.O.V
“Mum!! Dad!!” I woke up to Lis screaming. I opened my eyes and looked at her.
“What?” I asked.
“You need to get up.” She said. I looked at my phone and it was 9am.
“Come here my little alarm clock.” I held out my arms. She walked over and lay down in between me and Harry.
“Are Brooke and Adam up?” I questioned.
“No, Daddy isn’t either.” She told me.
“I know, let him sleep for a while, he’s really tired baby.” I said. She nodded and cuddled me. I sat up and sat her on my lap. We played some games together and then I told her to go and get dressed. I went over to Harry’s side of the bed and started to kiss him. His eyes flickered open and he smiled looking at me.
“Good morning.” He kissed me.
“Morning babe, you need to get up and ready. Lis is already up.” I told him. He nodded and got out of bed. I got dressed and went downstairs to check on Lis. “You sorted?” I asked walking into her room. She was sitting on the floor playing with some toys, fully dressed.
“Yes mama, when are we going out?”
“Soon baby. I need to get Brooke and Adam up first though.” I replied.
“Okay.” I smiled at her and went into Brooke’s room.
“Brooklyn, you need to get up.” I opened her blinds.
“But it’s Saturday…” She complained.
“And?”
“Can’t I sleep in?”
“It’s 10 o’clock Brooklyn. Get up, we’re going shopping.” I told her and left her room. I went into Adam’s room and he was already up and on his laptop. “What are you looking at?” I asked.
“Is this true?” He showed me an article.
“Madeline and Harry Styles split after the One Direction heartthrob cheated on his wife. Madeline left their family home with their daughter and all of her belongings earlier this week after her husband spent the night with another woman. The pair had reportedly been going through hard times recently as Maddie was staying with best friends Perrie and Zayn Malik. Perrie was seen collecting Brooklyn and then Maddie spent the day with her. It was then revealed that after the split, they went through a custody battle over their daughter. Harry got full custody of the 10 month old and Maddie has since been seen leaving her apartment and driving off to an unknown location only to later meet up with best friends Perrie and Eleanor Calder. She then reportedly picked up her daughter from nursery and drove off with her without Harry’s permission.”
“Where did you find this Adam?” I looked at him.
“I wanted to find out if you and Dad had ever split up, is this true?” He asked again. I never expected any of the kids to find out about this.
“Yeah it is. It was a long time ago though Adam. I was only just pregnant with you.” I told him.
“Dad cheated on you when you were pregnant? And he knew?” Shit, I just made it worse.
“Yes sweetheart, but it’s okay because he made it up to me in the end. Get ready to go out now.” I kissed his cheek.
“Okay…” he shut his laptop. I went back upstairs to Harry.
“Adam found an article about us splitting up ages ago, when you got custody of Brooklyn.” I told him.
“Did he? How?”
“He searched us to see if we had ever split up.” I said sitting down next to him on the bed.
“Well that was the last time we split up and forever will be the last time. I’m with you for the rest of my life.” He said and kissed me on the cheek. Lis came running in and jumped on the bed with a piece of paper in her hand.
“I drew this.” She handed it to me. I took it from her and looked at it. It was me, Harry, Lis, Brooke and Adam with labels underneath.
“Thank you baby, it’s lovely.” I hugged her and gave it to Harry. I heard footsteps up the stairs and Brooke stormed into the room.
“Is it true??” She shouted. I sent Lis downstairs.
“What?” Harry asked.
“You cheated on mum when she was pregnant with Adam and then took me from her?” She said harshly. Harry looked down.
“Brooke, come here.” I said and she walked over to my side of the bed.
“Yes, Dad did do that, but that doesn’t matter. What matters is that he’s here with us now. He came to find me because he was sorry. I forgave him and that was the last time we ever split up.” I told her.
“Okay.” She nodded and went downstairs.
“They probably hate me now.” Harry muttered.
“Nah they don’t. I love you and they do too. You made a mistake and I forgave you, who cares what you did in the past?” I kissed his cheek and got out of bed. I got my bag and went downstairs. Lis ran out of her room and I picked her up and called Brooklyn and Adam. They came out of their rooms and I told them to go downstairs and get into the car.
“Haz, we’re going.” I shouted. He came down the stairs and took Lis off of me. I went down and got into the car. Harry put Lis in and drove to the shopping centre. We got out of the car and Brooke and Adam ran off. I knew where they’d go so I didn’t bother following them. I held Lis’ hand and walked to Build-A-Bear, all the kids’ favourite shop, with Harry behind me. Brooke had a pink bear with rainbows on it and Adam had a blue one with cars on it. How stereotypical.
“Can we get these?” Adam looked at Harry.
“Lis, go choose a bear.” Harry said and she ran off.
“You know, you really shouldn’t give in to their every demand.” I told him.
“Well I can’t help it. I love them too much.” He said. I laughed and Lis came back over with a One Direction bear.
“We’ve got one of them already, Lis. Brooke’s got one, just ask her for hers.” I said.
“What’ve I got?”
“A One Direction bear. You can give it to Lis.” I replied.
“No way, she isn’t having that. It’s mine.” Brooke argued and Lis started to cry.
“Come on, we’ll get you that one.” I picked her up with the bear. She cried into my shoulder.
“Brooke, go and sort this and yours and Adam’s bears out.” I gave her Lis’ bear and then tried to get her to stop crying.
“Here, let me take her.” Harry held his arms out. I gave her to him and went to help Brooke and Adam. We stuffed the bears and then Harry came back in with Lis.
“You dress it babes.” I gave it to her and she went to dress the bear with Brooke and Adam.
“There are some paps out there. I don’t want the kids being exposed to them.” Harry whispered in my ear.
“Okay, well then we’ll just tell the kids to keep their heads down and I’ll carry Lis. It’s okay.” I went over to the kids and we sorted out their bears and paid for them. Melissa refused to have hers put into a box. “When we leave the shop, keep your heads down and don’t answer any questions or say anything okay,” I said to Brooke and Adam. They nodded and I turned to Lis. “And you, give daddy your bear for a minute because I’m gonna pick you up.” I told her. She gave Harry her bear and I picked her up and we left the shop.
“Brooklyn, Adam! Are you having fun?”
“Whose is the One Direction bear?”
“Maddie, why did you quit singing?” All the paps shouted. I looked at Harry and he just shook his head at me knowing what I was thinking. The cameras were flashing and Brooke and Adam were basically running to the next ship.
“I can’t do this, they need to back off and stop following us.” I said to Harry.
“Maddie, don’t.” He warned me.
“Why not? My singing career is over anyway.”
“Give Lis to me, I’ll be in there with the kids.” He pointed to a video game shop. I gave Lis to him and walked over to the paps.
“Why can’t you just all back off and leave us alone? Our kids deserve to be able to live their lives normally and they can’t do that when paparazzi are in their faces all the time, just back off.” I said and walked back to where Harry and the children were.
“Mum, can I have this??” Adam showed me a game.
“Whatever.” I told him ushering him further into the store.
“What’s up babe?” Harry asked.
“I hate paps. We can’t go out for one day without being fucking shouted at by stupid paparazzi.” I said. Brooke and Adam came over with two games each and we came to a deal on them. We paid for them and left the shop.
“Daddy, I tired.” Lis said.
“Melissa, talk in full sentences. You’re four.” I snapped and instantly regretted it. She hid her face into Harry’s shoulder. “I’ll go and get the stroller.” I sighed.
“Can I come with you?” Brooklyn asked.
“Sure, let’s go.” I lead the way to the car.
“Mum?” Brooklyn started.
“Yes princess?” I answered.
“How come they always follow us? I’ve seen them outside my school before.” She said.
“Have you? I guess four well known children do go there… But I don’t know, they don’t have anything better to do.” I unlocked the car and got the stroller out. We walked back into the shopping centre only to be bombarded by paps. “Just back off okay?!” I shouted pulling Brooklyn closer to me. She gripped onto my arm and I could tell she was scared. “She’s 11 years old for god sake, back off.” I said and this time they listened. “I’m so sorry that you have to put up with this Brooke.” I said. She just shook her head and we got back to Harry, Adam and Lis. I unfolded the stroller and Harry put Lis in with her bear. She went straight to sleep clutching it and it reminded me of when I first bought Brooklyn her 1D bear. I pushed the stroller round the shops and we bought a load of stuff for the kids.
“Why do we do this? It just means that we spoil the kids.” Harry said when we were buying more toys.
“I don’t know. Coz we’re stupid and bad parents.” I said.
“Should we go now?” Harry questioned.
“I’m hungryyy…” Adam moaned. We went into McDonalds and bought some food and I watched them eat it. I can’t stand fast food. They finished and we went back to the car.
“Where to now?” Harry looked at the kids.
“Auntie Eleanor’s!!!” They all shouted.
“Okay…” Harry sighed and drove home. We got out of the car and the kids ran next door whilst I took everything inside. I went next door and Eleanor had just opened the door.
“Hey!” She hugged the kids.
“Sorry about this Tommo.” I smiled.
“No problem, they can keep Kayleigh and Sam entertained. God they’re annoying me today.” She said. We laughed and went in. “Sam and Kay are upstairs guys if you want to go up.” Eleanor told the kids and they ran upstairs.
“You’re not a bad parent; I don’t know why you always put yourself down.” Harry whispered as we walked into the living room. I smiled at him and we sat down.
“So, any news on Styles number 6 yet?” El asked.
“Nah, we can just keep trying can’t we babe?” I put my hand on my stomach and looked at Harry.
“Of course we can, but you could be pregnant.”
“I don’t think I am. I can kind of sense it when I am and I don’t feel any different.” I told him.
“Well we’ll have to try harder then.” He put his arm around me. I giggled and we talked to El. After about an hour the kids came back down. “Can you look after them for a bit? We have things we need to do.” Harry asked.
“Sure, have fun.” El smirked. I laughed and Harry and I went home. He picked me up as soon as we walked through the door and started kissing me. I took off my shoes and Harry did the same pinning me to the wall. I felt his hands grab my ass firmly and pull me closer to him as he continued to kiss me roughly. I pulled away.
“Let’s take this upstairs.” I whispered seductively in his ear.
“Nah, let’s do it down here.” He said kissing me again.
“Upstairs babe.” I pulled away. He groaned and picked me up and ran upstairs. We got to our bedroom and Harry shut the blinds and curtains and then climbed on top of me. He unzipped my bralet and kissed down my stomach until he reached the top of my jeans.
“As sexy as these are, they need to come off.” Harry said and undid my jeans pulling them down. I pulled his top off and he took his jeans off. “We have no time for foreplay so let’s just get this done, okay?” He said.
“Gosh, you sound like you don’t want it.” I sat up.
“No baby, that’s not what I meant. I do want it, so bad.” He tried to make it better.
“Just forget it.” I got off of the bed and put my jeans and bralet back on.
“Babee...” Harry moaned.
“Nope. You obviously don’t want this so we won’t do it. I’m going to get the children.” I said and walked downstairs. I pulled my shoes back on and went next door.
“What happened?” El asked.
“Nothing.” I lied and picked up Lis.
“Belle said she wants to have our girly night at hers tonight, is that okay?”
“Yeah, tell her I’ll be there.” I said and called for Brooke and Adam. They came downstairs and went home.
“See you tonight.” I told Eleanor and went back home. Harry was sitting on the sofa watching TV so I went into the kitchen and started clearing up. I made the kids some dinner and then went to Harry.
“I did want to; I didn’t mean it like I said it.”
“I know, I wasn’t in the mood though. I’m going to Belle’s tonight.” I replied.
“Okay. I love you.” He said and I left the room and joined the kids. They finished dinner and I cleared up and then went upstairs to bathe Lis. I sorted her out and then she went to bed. I went back down to Harry and said goodbye. I got to Belle and Niall’s and went inside.
“I’ll make myself scarce, don’t worry.” Niall stood up.
“Harry’s at home if you wanna go see him.” I suggested.
“Yeah okay, will do.” He walked out of the door and I hugged Belle. The others arrived and we all sat down. They drank wine and I had water, boring water.
“You know, you really should try for a baby when we’re not having a girly night.” Perrie pointed out.
“Sorry, it’s me that suffers.” I reminded her and they laughed.
“Have the others packed a suitcase or is Louis leaving me? It’s packed and in the exact same place as he puts it when it’s empty. I was looking for one of his tops the other day and found it in his suitcase.” El asked.
“I don’t know, hang on.” Belle ran upstairs.
“I’m not sure about Harry’s, he leaves my stuff alone and I leave his alone.” I told her. Belle came back down.
“Yeah it’s packed.” She said.
“Do you reckon they’re going on tour again?” Dani asked.
“Yep. And not planning on telling us until the day before.” Perrie sighed.
“Harry isn’t getting any more sex then.” I said and they laughed. We talked for hours with the others getting a bit tipsy and then went home. I got back and Harry and Niall were talking about something. I ignored them and went upstairs into the closet. Sure enough, the suitcase was packed. I texted the girls and got some back.
From: Perrie
Zayn’s packed too x
From: Dani
And Liam. When were they planning on telling their families?x
I sighed and heard Niall leave and Harry run up the stairs. I left the closet and sat on the bed. He started to kiss me but I didn’t kiss back and pulled away instead.
“What’s up? Have you changed your mind about wanting more kids?” He questioned.
“Nothing, no but I just don’t want to do it tonight.” I said. He nodded and his phone buzzed. I looked at it and it was a message from the boys.
From: Zayn, Niall, Louis + Liam
The girls are all off with us, how’s Maddie?
Harry looked up. “What’s up with everyone? The girls are off with the others.” He said.
“Oh nothing, maybe the fact that you’re all packed to go on tour and haven’t told us has got something to do with it.” I stood up. He texted the boys back and I looked at what he said.
To: Zayn, Niall, Louis + Liam
They know… They know about tour, found our suitcases.
“When were you planning on telling your family Harry?” I shouted.
“Be quiet, the kids are asleep.” He said.
“When?” I asked again.
“I don’t know, soon.” He replied.
“How long are you going for?” He hesitated before replying.
“6 months…” I looked at him.
“You’re kidding right? Do you realise how much of George’s life Zayn is gonna miss? And you’ve been trying to get me pregnant knowing full well that you’re not gonna be here for pretty much my whole fucking pregnancy!”
“I’m sorry, we were gonna tell you, we just couldn’t find the right time.”
“You have 3 fucking kids Harry! Where do they come into this? Do you not think they’re going to miss their dad?”
“I know, I know, I’m sorry.”
“When do you leave?” I continued to question him.
“Urm, in 3 days…” He said.
“How long have you known?”
“A couple of months, that’s why I didn’t want you to tour because one of us would have to take the kids.”
“You mean to say that I quit my fucking job for you too? Oh my god I can’t believe you!” I shouted. We heard footsteps and Lis walked into the room.
“Why are you shouting Mama?” She asked.
“No reason baby, come here.” I held out my arms. She walked over to me and I picked her up kissing her.
“You are not off the hook.” I mouthed to Harry.

Notes

Uh oh. Trouble in the Styles household.

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